Rodney J Paul

Biographic Data

ID3619557
NAMERodney J Paul
GIVEN NAMESRodney J
FAMILY NAMEPaul
SIGNATUREPAUL R J
AFFILIATIONSSyracuse University, NY, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Family Ties: NBA Draft Position and Player Performance

    Open AccessNick Riccardi, R Paul et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2025References: 3

    This study aims to investigate the role, if any, that nepotism plays in the careers of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Career performance is compared between the 780 players drafted from 2007 to 2019, with familial relationships considered. Ordinary Least Squares and logistic regression models are specified to estimate the effect of having a relative on the success of an NBA player's career. We find that siblings of NBA play…

  • Does Smart Money Believe in the Hot Hand? Evidence From Daily Fantasy Baseball

    Open AccessJeremy M Losak, Andrew Weinbach et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2024References: 36

    The behavior of informed traders, or "smart money," in sports betting markets has long been of interest to researchers. In this paper, we focus specifically on the behavior of smart money in Major League Baseball (MLB) daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests to determine whether they avoid cognitive-behavioral biases to increase their expected earnings. Specifically, we investigate whether smart money avoids the hot hand bias, where individuals tend …

  • The Lure of the Pitcher: How The Baseball Betting Market Is Influenced By Elite Starting Pitchers

    R Paul, Rodney J Paul et al.CHAPTERThe Oxford Handbook of the…2013

    This study explores the impact of elite starting pitchers on the Major League Baseball betting market. Starting pitchers are the key defensive element of a baseball game, and their value is generally reflected in the market odds on baseball games. This study uses highly detailed and previously unavailable data to examine the role of elite starting pitchers on game betting volume, percentage bet on the favorite and the underdog, and percentage bet…

  • Consumption benefits and gambling: Evidence from the NCAA basketball betting market

    Open AccessBrad R Humphreys, R Paul et al.ARTICLEJournal of Economic Psychology2013Cited by: 1References: 16

  • Variations in NHL Attendance: The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

    Open AccessR Paul, Rodney J PaulARTICLEAmerican Journal of Economics and…2003

    In recent years the National Hockey League (NHL) has put policies in place to boost attendance. Specifically, these changes have been to curb violence, increase scoring, and move to an unbalanced schedule featuring more games against regional rivals. This research looks at variations in game‐to‐game attendance in the NHL, focusing on these policy changes. It is found that violence, specifically fighting, tends to attract fans in large numbers acr…

  • Variations in NHL Attendance. The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

    Open AccessR Paul, Rodney J PaulARTICLEAmerican Journal of Economics and…2003Cited by: 1References: 1

    In recent years the National Hockey League (NHL) has put policies in place to boost attendance. Specifically, these changes have been to curb violence, increase scoring, and move to an unbalanced schedule featuring more games against regional rivals. This research looks at variations in game-to-game attendance in the NHL, focusing on these policy changes. It is found that violence, specifically fighting, tends to attract fans in large numbers acr…